Rcw 106

[sjastro]

Rarely imaged this is a fine object buried in the glare of the Milky Way.
I might get colour around the new moon period.

8 hrs Ha image STXL-11002 and BRC-250 scope.

Higher resolution here.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/rcw106.html

Clear skies

Steven

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

That's a faint one Steven! Nice shot as usual. Glad someone's got an STXL110002 that works.

Cheers

Steve

[Dennis]

Wow – well worth clicking the http link to the higher res version, quite a stunning cosmic scene awaits you!

Cheers

Dennis

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

That's superb. Obviously this target needs that sort of exposure, to reveal the of nebulosity you have captured.

Well processed by the way, that bright star in RCW 106 is a hard one to keep under control while bringing out the faint nebulosity. Someday when you have time you should write up your processing workflow in H alpha.

Wide field of view so you must have been imaging at 500 mm or thereabouts?

What were your subs?

Once again, a great image of a not too easy target

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

That's a faint one Steven! Nice shot as usual. Glad someone's got an STXL110002 that works.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve.
I think its time for your CCD for a long trip back to the States.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Wow – well worth clicking the http link to the higher res version, quite a stunning cosmic scene awaits you!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis.

Originally Posted by seeker372011

That's superb. Obviously this target needs that sort of exposure, to reveal the of nebulosity you have captured.

Well processed by the way, that bright star in RCW 106 is a hard one to keep under control while bringing out the faint nebulosity. Someday when you have time you should write up your processing workflow in H alpha.

Wide field of view so you must have been imaging at 500 mm or thereabouts?

What were your subs?

Once again, a great image of a not too easy target

Hi Narayan,

It was imaged at 1250mm FL but with a STXL-11002 CCD which has the same chip size as 35mm film.
The subs are 10 minute exposures.
The processing is still a work in process as I have only recently gone over to PixInsight.
Prior to that my processing software was nothing more than Photoshop CS2 and a few plug-ins.

Regards

Steven

[beren]

agreed the high res version well worth a look

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by beren

agreed the high res version well worth a look

Thanks Beren.

Clear skies

Steven

[Ross G]

Great capture Steven.

very detailed and a new object for me.


Ross.

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great capture Steven.

very detailed and a new object for me.


Ross.

Thanks Ross.

Unfortunately "unknowns" don't seem to create much interest here.

Regards

Steven

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice one, Steven. Haven't seen that one before

[sjastro]

Thanks for the comment Laurie.

Regards

Steven